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The word 'doonstair'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
doonstairOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.895
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of doonstair in Corpus

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
e kyerried da grit muckle pan doonstair again an tippit trowe tae da
1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
t herm bide ootside the ring. Doonstair, the phone rang. on page 1

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
cracker oan her chin then ran doonstair tae tell ma mither they’d g
€˜wee sowel’ finally creept doonstair. Bet she smelt the denner. Ma
it ma claes oan quick an went doonstair. Ma mither wis awready up, in
3 matches

West Central

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
nae staun the thought o going doonstair alane. She wisnae feart or an
1 matches

Glasgow

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
it. You can go intae the bar doonstair anytime but it’s two minute
1 matches

General Central

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
ot the room. I hear him going doonstair, and I rest my head on the pi
I hear him shifting aboot doonstair, and I get up and look oot th
2 matches

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